cob
(käb)
noun
- Brit., Dialectal
- a lump or small mass, as of coal
- a leader; chief
- ☆ a corncob
- a male swan
- a short-legged, thickset riding horse
Origin: ME, prob. < LowG, as in Du kobbe < Gmc base *kubb-, something rounded
See cob in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A corncob: corn on the cob.
- A male swan.
- A thickset, stocky, short-legged horse.
- A small lump or mass, as of coal.
- A mixture of clay and straw used as a building material.
Origin:
Origin: Probably from obsolete cob, round object, head, testicle
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